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Prince Georges County Celebrates Another Banner Year of Accomplishments
Source: washingtoninformer.com

After successfully expanding the police department to more than 1,400 officers and decreasing crime by more than 25 percent, the Johnson administration continued its commitment to public safety by unveiling another milestone - a $76 million 700MHZ communications radio system.

Peeps Are Hopping to Their Own Store at National Harbor - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

Peeps have accomplished the improbable since they were introduced half a century ago. Those pastel marshmallow chicks and bunnies have participated in university science experiments, survived battles with high-powered microwaves and inspired avant-garde art.

Recession Slows Yacht Show but Can't Stop Shoppers From Dreaming - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

He wouldn't say whether he was buying or just window-shopping. He wouldn't even give his name.

Angus Phillips - Nonprofit Invites Youngsters to Discover the Great Outdoors - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

How many hundreds of thousands of kids have grown up around Washington and never set foot in, on or even alongside the Potomac River? It's impossible to know, but the simple answer is: Far too many.

Disney Buys Land for Future Resort Hotel at National Harbor - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

Walt Disney Co. has bought a 15-acre parcel at Prince George's County's sprawling National Harbor development, a shot in the arm for a project that opened with big ambitions a year ago, only to run headfirst into one of the sharpest economic declines in decades.

Green Design for Children's Museum - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Source: The New York Times

The National Children's Museum on Wednesday unveiled plans for its building, to be designed by the architectural firm Pelli Clarke Pelli.

Artists carve out space to embrace
Source: gazette.net

Prince George's may not come to mind as the home of a burgeoning art scene, but two up-and-coming arts districts at opposite ends of the county have sparked an arts and cultural renaissance.

Ticket Holders Recount Washout at Ball in Md. - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

When David J. Byrd paid $2,000 for tickets to a Jan. 20 ball honoring President Obama at the Gaylord resort in Prince George's County, he envisioned a celebration that would create a lifetime of memories.

Inauguration a shot in the arm
Source: gazette.net

From plywood to parties, Maryland businesses carved out a piece of the $170 million presidential inauguration action this week.

Family Affair Stretches Across the Ocean - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

In the hours before Barack Obama was sworn in as president, as celebrities flitted through town and the beautiful and the powerful began to party, the African cousins of the soon-to-be leader of the free world clambered into the back of a van for the long ride from their National …

Pr. George's Told to Boil Water After Main Break - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

More than 90,000 homes and businesses in a wide swath of Prince George's County that includes National Harbor are being told to boil their water through Inauguration Day as officials run tests in the wake of a massive water main break yesterday in Temple Hills.

South county bracing for Inauguration Day traffic
Source: gazette.net

Residents in southern Prince George's County looking to hit the roads Tuesday on Inauguration Day will likely fare best by avoiding major highways and transit routes like the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, as a slew of inaugural events at National Harbor in Oxon Hill are expected to draw …

County counts down to inauguration
Source: gazette.net

Thousands expected at Prince George's official celebration, planner says Presidential party-goers began visiting Pauline's Bridal Boutique in Clinton not long after the Nov. 4 election.

Show Time at the Convention Center - Barrons.com
Source: Barron's Markets

...Looked at another way, Gaylord's market value of $368 million is a third of what it cost to build the Gaylord National in Prince George's County, Md., across the Potomac from D.C. While that facility has been slow to get off the ground, Reed says the problems are behind it.

Council Approves $35 Million Bond Issue for National Harbor - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

After weeks of intense negotiations, the Prince George's County Council agreed yesterday to issue $35 million in bonds to pay for improvements at the National Harbor waterfront development in exchange for more work at the project for minority contractors from the county.

NewsWatch: Prince George's OKs $35M for National Harbor
Source: gazette.net

The Prince George's County Council agreed Tuesday to issue $35 million in county bonds that will be earmarked for contracts with local minority-owned companies and improvements at National Harbor in Oxon Hill.

Subcontractors Sue For Lack of Payment - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

...Disputes over payment are not uncommon on large projects, and Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center says it is attempting to resolve issues that have delayed payments that contractors allege total $80 million.

Real estate agents organize in Prince George's
Source: gazette.net

A month after gathering to protest the lack of opportunities for real estate agents around National Harbor, several Prince George's County agents are organized and prepared with a plan to beef up their business.

Child-care agency targets National Harbor, hotel
Source: gazette.net

Providing child care for working parents has long been a goal of the Prince George's Child Resource Center, and a new grant may help the organization spread its mission to National Harbor in Oxon Hill.

Amistad Schooner At National Harbor
Source: The Washington Post

The Freedom Schooner Amistad is docked through Monday at National Harbor. The ship is a re-creation of La Amistad (meaning friendship), a vessel that became a central part of the first human rights case in U.S. courts argued on behalf of enslaved Africans.

Glimpse of Pr. George's Past - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

They are the everyday items of daily life, tossed off or abandoned by people long gone to their graves, that 300 years later have become the stuff of history.

Prince George's Brokers Are Not Getting Fair Share of Project, Some Realtors Say - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

A group of Realtors in Prince George's County is criticizing developer Milton V. Peterson for hiring a realty company from Virginia to handle residential listings at National Harbor.

American Market at National Harbor Supports Buy Local Challenge
Source: streetinsider.com

National Harbor's American Market is supporting Maryland's "Buy Local Challenge" by encouraging local residents to take advantage of the fresh produce grown by local farmers.

Legislators tour National Harbor
Source: gazette.net

What's summer without a road trip? Bypassing their Annapolis offices, members of the House Ways and Means Committee drove down to the new National Harbor waterfront city in Prince George's County on Tuesday.

National Harbor's 'Mini-City' Takes Shape - washingtonpost.com
Source: The Washington Post

Shops and Restaurants Already Drawing Visitors

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